Faith, family and tariffs: Inside Jamieson Greer’s mission to reshape global commerce

America’s most influential trade official stood with the sheep chewing their way through the thistle and pine of the Manti-La Sal National Forest one mile above the idyllic Sanpete Valley, which, he promised local farmers, had found itself on the winning end of his favorite economic weapon: tariffs. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer spoke over the bleats of a freshly shorn lamb, searching the sagebrush for its mother. Greer crossed his arms, shuffling in a pair of brown skate shoes and black Ray-Ban sunglasses. Despite the urban attire, rural Utah is exactly where he wanted to make his point. “Our…